The next 23

For the past decade Kobe Bryant has been called the next Micheal Jordan. This comparison has been made for good reason. They play the same position and they have very similar games, and even played in the same system with the same coach. But now this comparison is incorrect. The actual current player that should be compared to to Jordan wears the same number

Kobe is a great player and has a chance to be the best at his position for his generation. Kobe and Jordan have many parts of their game that are the same. They both have an incredible drive to be the best, both proved naysayers wrong by improving weak parts of their game(Defense, jumper, being a leader, not being a ball hog) But Jordan did something special to the game of basketball that Kobe can't do, but perhaps LeBron can.

Micheal redefined the game with his pure athleticism, leadership, and will to win. He was the first athlete to become a global icon. He had swagger, and confidence that leaked into the public. He was one of the first do everything kind of player. He could shoot, rebound, create his own shot, lead, play D, and was clutch. Micheal was unique, and no one else will ever be another Micheal because of how he redefined the game. Kobe is just doing, or at least trying to, do the same thing that Jordan did. LeBron is doing something different.

LeBron has a chance to be compared to Jordan not for his game, but for how he has a chance to change the game like Jordan did. Much like Jordan, LeBron is in a class of his own athletically. His size, 6'9'' 260 is unheard of for how fast he is, not to mention how high he can jump. Teams have something completely new to defend, as did teams in the 80s with Jordan. No one like LeBron has ever been seen (The same way with Jordan when he first broke in). LeBron is also similar to Jordan in the sense that he wants to become a global icon, while winning championships. Jordan was a business man that happened to play basketball... and LeBron is doing the same thing.

In the search to find the next Micheal, we can't keep looking for someone who has the same game, and body because no one will even ever come close to matching 23. But as far as how someone has impacted the game, and the potential for what he can become, LeBron is the best choice for the title of The Next Micheal Jordan.